BWI Rail Station

BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport
Station viewed from the adjacent parking garage
Location	7 Amtrak Way BWI Airport, Maryland United States
Coordinates	39°11′33″N 76°41′41″W / 39.192377°N 76.694645°W / 39.192377; -76.694645Coordinates: 39°11′33″N 76°41′41″W / 39.192377°N 76.694645°W / 39.192377; -76.694645
Owned by	Amtrak
Line(s)	Northeast Corridor
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Connections	✈ BWI Terminal via Free Shuttle Baltimore Light Rail via Shuttle MTA Bus 17, MTA Bus 201 BWI Business Partnership LINK RTA 501/Silver UMBC-BWI Line
Construction
Parking	3,200 spaces; Paid garage
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	BWI
History
Opened	October 26, 1980
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	669,609 annually  3.3% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Washington, DC Terminus Acela Express Baltimore toward Boston South Station New Carrollton toward Norfolk, Newport News, or Lynchburg Northeast Regional Baltimore toward Boston South Station or Springfield New Carrollton toward Washington, DC Vermonter Baltimore toward St. Albans New Carrollton toward Savannah Palmetto Baltimore toward New York City MARC Odenton toward Union Station Penn Line Halethorpe toward Perryville

BWI Airport station is a train station located in an unincorporated area within Anne Arundel County, Maryland. It is served by Amtrak intercity services (frequent Northeast Regional and Acela Express trains plus the daily Vermonter and Palmetto) and MARC Penn Line regional rail service.

The station is located on the airport complex just over a mile from the main terminal of Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. A free shuttle bus runs between the station and the airport terminal every 12 minutes from 5 am to 1 am and every 25 minutes from 1 am to 5 am.

The station was dedicated on October 23, 1980, and was the first intercity rail station in the U.S. built to service an airport. BWI Rail Station opened for Amtrak intercity and Conrail commuter trains on October 26, 1980.

The station's building houses a ticketing desk, waiting room, and a concessions area. The adjacent parking garage is used by commuters who ride the train to work in Baltimore or Washington, and also contains the bus stop for shuttles to the BWI terminal. The garage was built in the late 1990s to replace a smaller surface lot. It contains 3,200 parking spaces and typically does not fill to capacity. The Carolinian served the station between 1991 and 2004.

The 1,050 feet (320 m) high-level platforms were rebuilt and lengthened in 2006–10. The existing structures were replaced with new precast concrete segments, and new signs, lights, shelters, railing, canopies, and benches were installed.

$9.4 million has been allocated for design and engineering of a new station building and fourth track, which is expected to cost $80–100 million. The existing station will be demolished to make way for the new track and platform, and a new station—twice the size of the old—will be built. The Federal Railroad Administration issued a Finding Of No Significant Impact—a major step in the environmental review process—in February 2016. This will allow final design and construction to proceed once funding is obtained.